Table 3 |
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Relative risk ratio (95% confidence intervals) for the spatial multinomial logistic regression fitted for the choice of treatments at household level |
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Variable |
Choice of Treatment Provider |
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Home vs others |
Shop vs others |
Hospital vs others‡ |
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Mother/care-giver's age |
<20 yr |
1.37 (1.05,1.80)* |
1.44 (1.12,1.86)* |
1.42 (1.09,1.84)* |
|
20–24 yr |
0.98 (0.84,1.15) |
0.99 (0.85,1.15) |
0.98 (0.84,1.14) |
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25–29 yr |
0.95 (0.81,1.11) |
0.89 (0.77,1.03) |
0.94 (0.81,1.10) |
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30–34 yr |
0.95 (0.79,1.14) |
0.91 (0.77,1.09) |
0.91 (0.75,1.09) |
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35+ yr |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Partner's education |
None |
0.84 (0.72,0.98)* |
0.88 (0.77,1.01) |
0.75 (0.65,0.88)* |
|
Primary |
1.13 (0.96,1.33) |
1.04 (0.89,1.22) |
1.25 (1.06,1.47)* |
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Secondary/Higher |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Residence |
Urban |
1.20 (1.05,1.36)* |
1.13 (0.99,1.28)* |
1.31 (1.16,1.49)* |
|
Rural |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Care factor: -time to facility |
Big problem |
1.06 (0.96,1.17) |
1.07 (0.97,1.17) |
0.87 (0.79,0.96)* |
|
Not a problem |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Care factor: -transport availability |
Big problem |
0.99 (0.89,1.09) |
0.89 (0.81,0.98)* |
0.81 (0.73,0.89)* |
|
Not a problem |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Reading newspaper |
None |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Once a week |
0.79 (0.67,0.94)* |
0.88 (0.74,1.04) |
0.91 (0.77,1.09) |
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Daily |
1.92 (1.49,2.48)* |
1.26 (0.97,1.63)* |
1.28 (0.98,1.66)* |
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Listening to radio |
None |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Once a week |
0.90 (0.81,1.01)* |
1.02 (0.92,1.14) |
0.93 (0.83,1.04)* |
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Daily |
1.28 (1.16,1.42)* |
1.17 (1.06,1.29)* |
1.15 (1.04,1.27)* |
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Watch TV |
None |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Once a week |
1.27 (0.91,1.77) |
1.40 (1.02,1.93)* |
1.50 (1.09,2.06)* |
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Daily |
0.72 (0.45,1.13) |
0.87 (0.56,1.34) |
0.77 (0.50,1.19) |
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Visited hospital (last 12 months) |
No |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Yes |
0.72 (0.45,1.13) |
1.17 (1.08,1.26)* |
1.26 (1.16,1.37)* |
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Ethnicity |
Chewa |
0.95 (0.81,1.11) |
1.11 (0.95,1.28) |
0.82 (0.70,0.95)* |
|
Tumbuka |
0.75 (0.59,0.95)* |
0.60 (0.48,0.77)* |
0.63 (0.49,0.80)* |
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Lomwe |
0.74 (0.61,0.90)* |
1.22 (1.02,1.46)* |
0.90 (0.75,1.09) |
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Tonga |
1.10 (0.74,1.65) |
0.41 (0.26,0.63)* |
0.74 (0.49,1.13) |
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Yao |
1.18 (0.94,1.47) |
1.27 (1.02,1.57)* |
1.13 (0.91,1.42) |
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Sena |
0.54 (0.39,0.74)* |
1.09 (0.82,1.45) |
1.11 (0.83,1.50) |
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Ngoni |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Household size |
≤ 5 |
1.12 (0.84,1.49) |
1.16 (0.89,1.52) |
1.73 (1.29,2.32)* |
|
6–10 |
1.09 (0.82,1.45) |
1.05 (0.80,1.37) |
1.74 (1.30,2.33)* |
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11+ |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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*significant at 5%; ‡ others include none or traditional care |
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Kazembe et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:40 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-40 |
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